Is it normal to feel overwhelmed with a new puppy???
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| I don't think it would be normal if you didn't feel overwhelmed! New puppies are a huge responsibility and no matter how ready you are for their arrival, they're still a lot of work and throw your life upside down. You're fine-- don't feel bad at all! It'll get better! |
| Back when I got my first dog.. 4 years ago.... I wanted someone to bash me over the head and put me out of my misery!!!!!
I swore I would never have another puppy... now 2 dogs later, I am trying to convince my other half that we need a 3rd... You will get the hang of it. Don't get discouraged. |
| Thank you so much!!! My little harvey is so cute but he is making me tense.. and it's nice to hear that I am not a bad puppy owner for feeling frazzled.. I got really worried that I was not going to be able to handle it!! but we are already doing better... now that the poop is gone and the toys are out! |
| I wanted to turn Barney in to a rescue for a while...but I just couldn't do it. He was just SO MUCH WORK and so much crazier than my last sheepdog...He still is crazy, but much better than he used to be... |
It's very normal  New things make puppies nervous and they can react by clinging and crying  . Hang in there, soon Harvey will be a terrible teen and you'll wish he was a puppy. |
bestdogsx4 wrote: It's very normal
New things make puppies nervous and they can react by clinging and crying The same thing can happen to the owners too... |
That's right, I forgot about your post on that Jill  Are you any better now? |
| Wait-- I haven't done any clinging and crying for awhile! Not since I had to clean up pee 30 or 40 times a day. Then again, the diarreha we just had didn't make me very happy! |
| A year ago this time I had serious doubts about my sanity - every day was a challenge.
I was constantly worrying about doing something wrong and scaring him for life. 
My arms and hands and feet were red and scratched from his nipping. 
I was cleaning my carpets on a daily basis.
I was sure I'd go insane before he outgrew it! But, it got better. 
Thank GOD for this forum and the encouragement I recieved or I don't know how I'd have made it.
And to give credit where it's due, my MOM was a big encourager, too. "He's a perfect puppy, honey, and he'll outgrow this behaviour." As usual, she was right.
So, RELAX!! Take a deep breath!! You, too, will survive puppyhood!! In the meantime, we're here for ya!  |
ButtersStotch wrote: bestdogsx4 wrote: It's very normal New things make puppies nervous and they can react by clinging and crying The same thing can happen to the owners too... Boy, I'll second that one! Just a few months ago, there were days that I didn't even want to come home. |
| This is a great thread - I'm still looking forward to the crazy hectic puppy times and I'm already grateful for the support of this place!! Good luck with your little guy! |
| Don't beat yourself up. Everybody has a bad day and that's totally normal. As cute as they are, some puppies can be little terrors. So today was a bad day but tomorrow could be great. Hang in there! It is certainly worth everything you have to go through and more. |
| It will get better, I promise! The first day I had Truman, I thought he was such a sweet, calm little guy and no mistakes in the house. The second day, he peed in the house 6 times! I remember that still! For the first week or two, I thought I would completely spaz out with the peeing, nipping, etc. etc. etc. However, things did calm down and now he's a good puppy boy at 3 years old. (It didn't take 3 years, don't worry!) Your guy will get the hang of it so you hang in there too! |
| I'm often overwhelmed with Bailey and it's been a year now |
| A new puppy is like a new baby.....your life changes dramatically and someimes you feel hopeless and helpless, but it gets better and the rewards are worth it!
When we adopted Kiara, she had been abused  . I saw her and just had to have her, Quinton and I had just been married a month, she was our first "baby" together. Bless her heart she was the worst puppy ever!
She pulled up and chewed my whole hallway carpet, chewed everything in site. Tore up whatever she could get into. She wasn't even completley housebroken until 1 yr ago (she is 7 now). (Not that she didn't have training, she did! She just decided if she was left alone, to mark  (really, out of spite!) She would break loose out the front door every chance possible, would not come back when called........I invested I have no idea how much money and time in training, to no avail, until last year it clicked with her......when we bought Benjamin.
Kiara has no clue how many times I was ready to return her back to the people we had adopted her from. Thankfully for her, she had a terrible story about her life before we got her and I just could not give up on her and risk her getting into another situation like her previous. Thankfully for us, she is an awsome dog now, couldn't ask for a better one for our life. She is fantastic with our children, loyal to us, no more of the bad behaviors she had in her puppy and adolesent years. She's the BEST! 
Ben, not that I am partial or anything , but he has been incredible from day one......not one complaint!
They are just like children, you love them just the same, but they are so different! Some are just good from get go and some are challanging, you just have to roll with the punches! |
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